St Mary of Egypt - 12 x 16 (Maple) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo ” - Elder Thaddeus

” - Elder Thaddeus

Once St George became of age he followed in his father's footsteps and joined the army and rose through the ranks of the military very quickly

His books were smuggled into the Soviet Union during the control of communism and spread like wild fire

With St Johns blessing in 1964 he opened an Orthodox bookstore next to Holy Virgin Cathedral

The first posthumous miracle took place when the shirt of St Nektarios was placed by mistake on the paralyzed man in the bed next to him and the man was healed completely of his paralysis

St Mary of Egypt - 12 x 16 (Maple) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo ” - Elder ThaddeusSt Mary of Egypt was a desert ascetic who lived her life in debauchery. She spent her early life following her passions and ran away from her parents at the age of 12 and traveled to Alexandria. In Alexandria she lived as a harlot for 17 years, refusing pay from the men she slept with. She made money by begging and spinning flax. One day she met a group of men that were sailing to Jerusalem for the veneration of the Holy Cross. St Mary traveled with